The Salvation Army is providing food, drinks and emotional support to tornado victims in several states, including Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. The organization has served 86,000 hot meals, 260,000 sandwiches, snacks and drinks.

The group has provided more than 54 mobile feeding units, a field kitchen and a shower unit. It is also distributing groceries, baby diapers and formula, and general hygiene products.

In Arkansas, where rivers continue to swell, the Salvation Army is supporting the community of Pocahontas. A mobile feeding unit is providing three meals a day, and the group is handing out cleaning, hygiene and baby supplies to flood victims.

The organization also is serving meals to about 200 National Guard soldiers deployed along the White River.

Follow the Salvation Army's blog for updates, visit its website or text "GIVE" to 80888 to make a $10 donation to the organization's relief efforts. It will show up on your next mobile phone bill.

World Visiondispatched a mobile distribution unit, which will provide emergency relief supplies such as hygiene kits, kids' shoes, batteries and flashlights for up to 500 people in Alabama.

The organization will also be sending a semi to Alabama with 26 pallets of relief supplies, including shoes, clothing and cleaning materials.

Donations to the group's Disaster Response in the USA fund will provide emergency supplies to those in need. Text "TORNADO" to 20222 to donate $10 to the fund.

ShelterBox is sending a response team to the tornado-ravaged areas in the South to determine need for temporary shelters and to lend a hand where needed.

The organization provides emergency shelter and warmth to people displaced by disasters. Each ShelterBox includes a tent for up to 10 people, a stove, blankets and a water filtration system, among other tools.

General donations can be made online, by calling 941-907-6036 or by texting "SHELTER" to 20222 to make a $10 donation.

The hotline refers people to local aid and connectsthose who are having difficulty reaching their local food banks due to landline phone outages.

If you or someone you know needs help, call 1-866-3-HUNGRY to get a referral for emergency food, shelter and government benefits nearby.

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is declaring "there is an emergency blood shortage" in Alabama, according to J.B. Bowles, vice president of operations.

The organization typically carries 3½ days worth of blood, but the storm almost exhausted its stores, Bowles says. The centers are nearly out of O-negative (universal donor) blood and are having to ship emergency supplies from out of state.

The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team of crisis-trained chaplains has staff in Birmingham assessing the damage.

The group, which deployed in coordination with Samaritan's Purse, will address the emotional and spiritual needs of tornado survivors in and around Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.

Those wanting to help the response team in Alabama may text "RRT" to 85944 to make a $10 donation.

Hands On Birmingham is preparing to organize volunteer groups to help in affected areas once the search and recovery efforts have concluded. To find out about the group's volunteer opportunities, call 205-251-5849 or visit the website.

A Facebook match-up page has popped up to reunite owners with tornado-strewn items such as photos and documents.

Visit the Facebook page to search for lost items or post pictures of things found.